Cathedral Quartet - Oh Happy Day (W/ Shape Notes)

[thrashman1973]

what album is this

[jeffersonlokey]

Love Gerald Wolfe's playing!!!!

[MrKyledude18]

love this so much!!! just noticed however that the audio of this clip doesn't match up with the performers lol

[elavaney]

@MrKyledude18 I've watched this video dozens of times trying to figure out who the lead tenor is. Just doesn't make any sense...........Still, it's a fun song.

[MegaAspen]

@elavaney Left to right is bass George Younce, lead Glen Payne, baritone Mark Trammell, and tenor Danny Funderburk. Having said that, George has the melody at first, and Glen takes it later on. Glen and Mark often switched parts, too.

[jmk883]

Gerald hung on to this when he went to Greater Vision. About a month ago, I heard Greater Vision on the radio singing the names of the notes on "I'm Too Near Home"

[rejhhill]

In the 50's when I was a voice major in college we had to do that in our theory class. But boy I couldn't do it now!!

[rejhhill]

Yes, I see Gerald at the piano. What is he doing now? This is a great performance!!

[KHJTheGreat1]

In a group called Greater Vision. I believe he started it. Not sure though.

[BarrelRacinGirl09]

i love this music and thia Quartet. im 14 and i was raised listening to this music. i was raised to go to church and listen to ask questions if i dont understand. i go to Beaver Dam Chapel United Baptist. Our Preacher Just Had Knee Surgry And i Want to Ask For Your Prayers.

[AmosPressley]

It is an amazing thing to ponder, especially in this day and time with so much information at our fingertips. Shaped note singing was the backbone of church music education and hymn singing for a lot of people for many years, but it is all but gone now... wiped out by the music industry and our incessant desire to be entertained.

[raincloudmusic1]

If you've never had to LEARN 'em it can be a pain! My theory coach (one of them) even taught us hand signs (a la baseball) for each shape. I'm music business degreed, and LOVE hearing this from the Cats. They were masters at the Stamps Baxter school of music theory.

[AmosPressley]

Learning anything worthwhile is a "pain." I would like to learn the four-shape sacred harp method. The Stamp-Baxter school taught seven shapes.

With both methods, the primary goal was to learn to make music for the purpose of worship.

Go into a church these days, and music education of any type is almost non-existent. Worship in a lot of churches involves popping in a CD. No hymnbook or music! There may be people in the congregation that read music, but they learned it outside the church.

[KE5HOB]

@AmosPressley I sing Sacred Harp. It's a lot of fun. Easier I think because you only have 4 shapes! Fa So La Fa So La Mi Fa. When I play a recording for my friends and they hear the shapes they always ask "what language are they singing in?!"

[karismagolden8]

It is nice to be around saved brothers and sisters. We all have one thing in common. Our father Jesus Christ. I just heard of the Cathedrals last month, I love them. I have been saved for almost 3 years on August 2 my Husbands birthday. My husband has been saved since 2002. Thank God for God and his son.

[wa4hgj]

did anyone notice gerald wolfe on the piano

[sigi80]

Hi everyone,

i'm a brother in Christ since August 2001 and come from the ethnic group: batak-people. They live around the Toba-lake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

God converted more than 100.000 of this group to Jesus through missionary Ludwig Nommensen since 1865.

Well, one of the song in batak language is: Marolop-olop. Till now this song is one of favorite batak-christian songs.

Great to hear this song in English.

brother Siegfried

[buster2167]

welcome to the fold, brother!!

[deskyles]

Wonderful music. I have a bunch of their records from years ago. Love the harmony and Gerald Wolfe playing the piano. He is great. A friend sent this to me.

[lonemapper]

Love it!

[bethelblue]

Love it!!!! Great video!!! Thanks for posting.

[bfadams2007]

Thanks for putting this up. I've been meaning to post this for weeks. This was such a talented group, and I've not seen anyone do this since.

[rexhickey]

Check out the World's Oldest Quartet. This has Rex Nelon, Ben Speer, Jake Hess, and I can't remember the older man who sang tenor on this Gaither offering. They were cool.

[militarychief]

Robert Arnold is the tenor singer (Wonderful writer). Among his many songs he wrote No Tears in Heaven.